Etymology
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In languages with a long detailed history, etymology makes use of [[philology]], the study of how words change from culture to culture over time. However, etymologists also apply the methods of [[comparative linguistics]] to reconstruct information about languages that are too old for any direct information (such as writing) to be known. By analyzing related languages with a technique known as the [[comparative method]], linguists can make inferences, about their shared parent language and its vocabulary. In this way, [[root (linguistics)| word roots]] have been found which can be traced all the way back to the origin of, for instance, the [[Indo-European languages| Indo-European]] [[language family]]. | In languages with a long detailed history, etymology makes use of [[philology]], the study of how words change from culture to culture over time. However, etymologists also apply the methods of [[comparative linguistics]] to reconstruct information about languages that are too old for any direct information (such as writing) to be known. By analyzing related languages with a technique known as the [[comparative method]], linguists can make inferences, about their shared parent language and its vocabulary. In this way, [[root (linguistics)| word roots]] have been found which can be traced all the way back to the origin of, for instance, the [[Indo-European languages| Indo-European]] [[language family]]. | ||
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- | *Itinéraires sémantiques : les avatars du mot "fantastique" [http://eduscol.education.fr/D0126/contenus_culturels_backes.htm] | + | *Itinéraires sémantiques : les avatars du mot "[[fantastique]]" [http://eduscol.education.fr/D0126/contenus_culturels_backes.htm] |
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- "The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things." —Giambattista Vico, The New Science
Etymology is the study of the history of words — when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.
In languages with a long detailed history, etymology makes use of philology, the study of how words change from culture to culture over time. However, etymologists also apply the methods of comparative linguistics to reconstruct information about languages that are too old for any direct information (such as writing) to be known. By analyzing related languages with a technique known as the comparative method, linguists can make inferences, about their shared parent language and its vocabulary. In this way, word roots have been found which can be traced all the way back to the origin of, for instance, the Indo-European language family.
See also
- Itinéraires sémantiques : les avatars du mot "fantastique" [1]
See also
- Back-formation
- Cognate, false cognate
- Epeolatry
- Etymological dictionary
- Etymological fallacy
- False etymology, folk etymology
- Historical linguistics, proto-language
- Lists of etymologies
- Malapropism
- Medieval etymology
- Neologism
- Philology
- Phono-semantic matching
- Semantic progression, semantic shift
- Suppletion
- Toponymy
- Wörter und Sachen